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2:45 What has been the biggest point the general public missed around the Canada crisis?
8:25 How to deal with New India?
27:45 Why Khalistan issue has not got enough steam in the Western Sphere?
36:25 Is this issue big enough?
41:45 What is the end point of this crisis?
45:45 Is the Khalistani movement a response to Hindutva?
47:35 Assuming India did it, why was this not a clean operation?
55:15 Is R&AW on high alert?

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Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, a Specialist in Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine, did his MD in Internal Medicine from Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkatta and DM in Hepatology & Liver Transplant Medicine from the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi.He was awarded the Gold Medal for Academic Excellence in Hepatology by the honourable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, during the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences Convocation and Foundation Day Ceremony held on 14th of January 2016 at New Delhi and won the prestigious American Association for Study of Liver Disease Award consecutively in the year 2015, 2016 and 2017 and was given Honorary Trainee Membership to The American Association for Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) at San Francisco, November 2015.



3:00 Welcome, Dr Abby Philips
07:50 Family support Abby received
17:50 Privatisation of healthcare in India
33:20 The latest research by Abby
45:30 History of Homeopathy
01:04:10 Is Ayurveda beating Homeopathy?
1:08:00 Is banning Homeopathy important?
1:26:30 The tall claims of Homeopathy?
1:37:10 Dilemmas of patient families
1:54:40 Ageism in the Indian Healthcare
1:58:30 Ayurveda - The elephant in the room
2:11:00 Any research on cow urine?
2:25:00 The impact of alcohol on the Liver

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Naveen Koomar is an Indian rap artist soon moving to Mumbai from Delhi. He has released many hit tracks like Baarishein, Kho Gaya, Dilli-18, Jalwe and many more.
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2:15
Understanding Naveen’s journey
26:40
How did Naveen meet his better half?
37:15
Is there a deep emotion in art?
45:35
Jab tak hum Zinda hai. Naveen’s alternative hip-hop
61:30
Battling that desire to be famous
1:10:45
What does it take to be a lyricist?
1:16:25
How can a budding artist start Rapping?
1:22:15
Indian music industry and its gatekeepers

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Dipa Sinha has done her MA in Economics from JNU, MSc in Development Studies from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London and Ph.d from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has worked on issues related to food rights, nutrition and public health.

3:10 Understanding Dipa’s journey
5:40 What is right to food?
8:25 How do we measure hunger?
11:00 How is India’s progress in this area?
16:05 State intervention in this area
18:40 Role of Union and State Government
20:55 Malnourishment basis groups
24:50 How do different governments approach this issue?
37:25 The impact on women
50:25 The biggest battle that India is fighting when it comes to public health
1:05:10 The fragmented model of public health in India
1:06:50 Aam Admi Party’s model of governance
1:08:10 Health outcomes in North vs South

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Shashi Ashish Choudhary (they/them/they) is queer Bahujan poet and designer currently based in Chennai.

Show Notes

04:00
Welcoming Shashi

08:00
Shashi asks questions to Vandit

28:00
Shashi’s life history, Jatt identity and other things

1:03:50
Shashi’s affiliation with Army

1:20:50
Bahujan identity and its politics

1:34:00
Caste in town planning and urban design

2:00:00
Culturally how is Chennai

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Mamidipudi Ramakrishna Sharan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Sharan's research centres around questions in development economics and political economy.

Last Among Equals https://www.amazon.in/Last-Among-Equals-Politics-Villages/dp/9390679664

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3:00
Sharan’s journey
10:15
Difference between north and south villages
13:50
When did Sharan have his cast realization?
17:20
When Sharan reached Bihar and the story behind Last Among Equals?
26:30
Any stereotypes on Bihar you carried?
28:50
How will you define a village in Bihar?
38:50
The politics of the village
43:00
Reaching Muzaffarpur
49:50
The story of Sanjay Sahini
61:50
The role of civil society in such movements?
1:04:00
The corruption in NREGA
1:10:00
Sanjay’s support system in the Sangathan
1:13:10
Thoughts on NREGA?
1:25:20
Sharan’s meeting with the Mukhiya
1:29:30
How Sanjay Sahini challenges the system?
1:48:00
The Musahar Wedding
1:58:55
Meeting Prashant Kishor
2:03:00
The following steps for Sanjay Sahini
2:07:00
Public grievances system in Bihar
2:12:00
Nitish vs Lalu
2:17:00
The time when Sanjay Sahini decides to file an MLA nomination
2:49:20
The Big Indian State

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Rehna Ravindran is an Assistant Professor, at the University of Delhi. She completed her Ph.D. from JNU, New Delhi. She extensively writes on issues related to caste, gender, and politics.

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3:00
Welcome Dr. Rehna

11:00
How the caste question never came in Kerala?

16:40
What is the fundamental difference between Right and Left?

30:30
Is the Left movement progressive on the question of Gender?

51:45
Key differences between southern and northern states?

1:03:30
The caste assertion of north vs south

1:08:30
Being anti Anti caste vs Anti Brahmin

1:22:30
Thoughts on BHIM Army

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About Shalin

Shalin is an activist, Intersectional feminist, writer, and orator.
Shain has published two books in Tamil, in the year 2018 “Vadachennaikari “ (Feminist take on subaltern history and culture) and “Jency en Kuraivaaga paadinaar “(Feminist Take on cinema). Shalin is a regular writer in popular Tamil magazines and portals on social issues, especially feminism and caste.


Timestamps

2:45
Introducing Shalin

9:05
What does it mean to be free?

13:45
How did your relationship change since the time you started taking such a bold stance?

17:00
Be a feminist and be alone or be less feminist and not so alone

19:10
Marriages where men are feminist and the woman is not

27:45
Can men be feminists?

35:10
Problems with Tamil cinema

43:45
Pa Ranjith

55:15
The political climate of Tamil Nadu

1:06:15
Is Tamil Nadu politics ideological?

1:16:15
Is Brahminism defeated in Tamil Nadu?

Show Notes

Vadachennaikari “ (Feminist take on subaltern history and culture)

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07RLJJQPZ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_VKCAR94M1CB0WY0GCFT9

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Subhajit Naskar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University. He has completed an integrated MPhil/Ph.D. from the Centre for South Asian Studies of the School of International Studies (SIS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Hyderabad. He is focusing his research on Caste embeddedness in bhadralok Culture of Bengali Society, Religion and Moral questions, Upper Casteness, Untouchability, Critical race theory, and Intersectionality.


3:10
Subhajit’s life story

16:20
Understanding the reality of Bengal

25:50
Refugee of Bengal

36:25
Jyoti Basu

46:05
Voting patterns of the marginalized section

59:20
Anti-Caste Movement in India

Marichjhapi massacre
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Aditi Priya - https://twitter.com/aditipriya_0301

Guest Profile
Aashish Gupta is a demographer. He holds a Ph.D. in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA in development studies from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Payal is a PhD student in Demography and Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Fellow at r.i.c.e. Her research interests center on social inequality and health.

Aditi Priya is the founder of Bahujan Economists and is an upcoming graduate student at Brown University.


Timestamps

3:30
Life journey of Aashish and Payal

16:15
Some eye-opening incidents

20:10
Research and challenges in explaining the work they do to friends & fa

32:53
Summarizing the sanitization work and is it connected to life expectancy.

42:45
Presence of caste in the indicators and other religions.

50:30
Sanitation workers and their struggles. The situation in government hospitals

1:00:10
Understanding the research on life expectancy

1:18:00
Hypothesis on why life expectancy is low in Dalits and Adivasis

1:38:00
Changes in life expectancy in each state

1:43:20
Response from academia

Important Links

Joothan -https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Joothan/0i5TtbXz36IC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

Annihilation of Caste
https://www.amazon.in/Annihilation-Caste-B-R-Ambedkar/dp/9391523390/ref=asc_df_9391523390/?tag=googleshopdes-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=545019405814&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9892539633617798177&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007765&hvtargid=pla-1570789976633&psc=1

Gender and caste inequality, and their role in persistence of environmental health harms
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X21002977
https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/1/review-rural-affairs/understanding-open-defecation-rural-india.html

Why a Dangerous Lack of Hygiene Persists in Government Hospitals
https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/16/special-articles/caste-prejudice-and-infection.html
For a Bahujan Economics
https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/bahujan-economics
Some Key findings by Aashish, Payal, and Aditi
https://twitter.com/aashishg_/status/1511528299079553024

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About Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Kancha Ilaiah was born on 5th October, 1952 in the village of Papaiahpet, Warangal district in Telangana State. His family belonged to the sheep-grazing Kuruma Golla caste which is considered as one of numerically dominated sub-caste among the Telugu speaking. Ilaiah has an M.A. degree in political science from Osmania University, Hyderabad and an M.Phil. awarded for his study of land reform in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was awarded with Ph.D. degree for his work entitled ‘Political Thought of Gautama Buddha’, later it was published in the form book entitled ‘God as Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to Brahmanism’. He has been a recipient of the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Award and was a Nehru Fellow between 1994-97.

Timestamps
3:15
Understanding Professor’s life story
28:00
Professor’s fight for English Education
46:30
The cultural burden on the marginalized section
53:15
The changes in language policy that Professor seeks
1:10:45
Difference between Shudra and Bahujan
1:24:55
Looking at the marginalized section in the minority religion
1:31:50 to end
The rise of Modi and the decline of Congress

Show Notes
From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual: My Memoirs
https://www.amazon.in/dp/9381345414/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_YEEA0Z5BDN7YAMRKDJ31
Why I Am Not a Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture and Political Economyhttps://www.amazon.in/dp/9353282624/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_7T9C8253CHWMB0Y2C7D2
Buffalo Nationalism: A Critique of Spiritual Fascism
https://www.amazon.in/dp/935328256X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_WXTBFB76TSVHVM9FNTYE
Untouchable God
https://www.amazon.in/dp/8185604339/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_4C32RHZ8FRZ32EZNTHFA
Post-Hindu India: A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution
https://www.amazon.in/dp/817829902X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_KGVQ24RQ61YWC9WYMXCV
The Shudras: Vision for a New Path (Rethinking India, 5)
https://www.amazon.in/dp/0670092983/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_GYSWQE3PW1Y1TBRD285F
Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land : Dignity of Labour in Our Times
https://www.amazon.in/dp/8189059092/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_AGYYMP9DPC3QEH4MF60Q

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Anurag’s Bio
Anurag Bhaskar is an Assistant Professor of Law at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. He is also an Affiliate Faculty at the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, and a Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi. Anurag is also a recipient of the Bluestone Rising Scholar Award 2021 by Brandeis University, the USA, and the Indian Equality Law Fellowship at the University of Oxford.

Anurag holds an LLM (2018-19) from Harvard Law School, and B.A. LL.B. (2012-17) degree from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (Lucknow, India). Before pursuing his LLM, Anurag clerked for a year (July 2017-18) with Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud (Judge, Supreme Court of India), where he worked on a number of landmark constitutional law cases. Anurag has several publications to his credit in India’s leading academic journals and edited books. His columns on different themes are regularly published in The Print, Live Law, The Wire, Hindustan Times, etc. He has delivered talks and lectures on various platforms.

Anurag is also one of the founders of CEDE (Community for Elimination of Discrimination in Education and Employment) - an organization working towards reforming the Indian legal profession and judiciary.

Time Stamps
3:30 to 12:30
Anurag’s life story
12:30 to 20:50
The Harvard experiences
20:50 to 25:05
What do foreign universities look for?
25:05 to 27:48
Anurag’s love towards the constitution
27:48 to 36:00
Why is a constitution necessary for a nation?
36:00 to 37:45
Countries that tried to play with the constitution
37:45 to 41:18
Importance of a Nation’s founding moment
41:18 to 46:04
Constitutional legitimacy
46:04 to 49:43
Vision of the Indian constitution
49:43 to 54:45
How did the Indian constitution survive?
54:45 to 59:35
Hindu Right’s idea of the constitution
59:35 to 1:04:45
Constituent assembly debates
1:04:45 to 1:06:00
Selection of Baba Saheb as the Chairman of the drafting committee
1:06:00 to 1:17:06
Ambedkar’s version of the constitution
1:17:06 to 1:24:30
Did Ambedkar really want to burn the constitution?
1:24:30 to 1:31:15
The biggest debate in the constituent assembly?
1:31:15 to 1:35:14
Importance of Constitution for marginalized caste groups?
1:35:14 to 1:39:40
Rights vs Duties
1:39:40 to 1:44:34
Changes in the constitution Anurag seeks
1:44:34 to 1:51:30
The role of the President
1:51:30 to 1:55:15
‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’
1:55:15 to end
Delta Meghwal case and CEDE

Show Notes
Ambedkar’s Constitution: A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Caste Discourse?
https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/282/63

Ambedkar, Gandhi, and Patel: The Making of India's Electoral System
https://www.amazon.in/Ambedkar-Gandhi-Patel-Making-Electoral/dp/9386826232

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Guest Profile
Arvind Kumar is a PhD candidate with specific interest in electoral democracy and voting behaviour. His thesis- Caste, Inequality and Voting Behaviour in India explores the role caste and inequality in the rise of right-wing BJP in Indian democracy. His broader research interests include Caste/Ethnic Inequality, Political Behaviour, Party Politics, Political Economy, Political Theory, Judicial Politics and South Asian Politics.
Prior to joining PhD, Arvind Kumar obtained BA(H) in Arabic, MA in Political Science and MPhil in Political Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and also taught as a Guest Lecturer of Political Science (2016-18) at the Department of Political Science, Satyawati College (M), University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
(Taken from the website of Royal Holloway)
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Timestamps
4:00 to 19:33
Arvind’s life journey
19:33 to 25:41
Early life and challenges
25:41 to 27:54
The philosopher who influenced Arvind’s thinking the most
27:54 to 40:00
Gandhi vs. Ambedkar
40:00 to 42:30
Gandhi’s varied position on caste
42:30 to 1:07:06
Poona pact and separate electorate
1:07:06 to 1:23:30
The debate of reservation
1:23:30 to 1:26:30
Arvind’s research on voting behavior
1:26:30 to 1:37:50
The story of UP elections
1:37:50 to 1:39:36
Samajwadi party’s winning strategy
1:39:36 to 1:41:50
The swing of Non-Yadav OBC
1:41:50 to 1:50:45
The tilt of and mood of UP
1:50:45 to 1:54:20
Is BJP a default Dalit party?
1:54:20 to 1:59:00
Is BJP a Brahminical party?
1:59:00 to 2:04:17
The image of the Samajwadi Party and main issues of UP elections
2:04:17 to 2:17:10
How important is Development in elections
2:17:10 to 2:22:00
Hathras and its impact on elections
2:22:00 to 2:30:42
Impact of COVID on the elections
2:30:42 to 2:32:!5
MLAs against Yogi Adityanath
2:32:15 to 2:33:10
Bhim Army and its chances
2:33:10 to end
The issue with BSP and the verdict on UP




Show Notes
https://www.livelaw.in/columns/neet-admissions-pg-courses-of-medical-sciences-anti-reservationists-
https://theprint.in/opinion/kanshi-ram-ran-bsp-military-style-the-problem-is-mayawati-runs-it-like-a-bureaucracy/245354/

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Guest profile

Rachita Taneja is a comic artist. She is the founder of webcomic Sanitary Panels. Her Instagram page has comic panels in the form of political satire and humor. Rachita was an instrumental player in the ‘Save the Internet’ and ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’ campaign, and she is also the trustee of ‘Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF).’

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanitarypanels/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sanitarypanels

Timestamps

3:17 to 5:27

The story behind the name ‘Sanitary Panels’

5:27 to 7:51

What is the secret sauce of the Sanitary Panel’s success?

7:51 to 8:47

Dependency on social media

8:47 to 16:12

Journey of Rachita Taneja

16:12 to 23:17

Jaitapur documentary by Rachita

23:17 to 30:17

Pattern of trolling

30:17 to 32:17

The ability to question authority

32:17 to 35:02

The time when you formed life philosophy

35:02 to 37:57

Rachita’s parents think about her work.

37:57 to 54:17

Net neutrality movement, which Rachita was a part of

54:17 to 56:26

What did you learn about mobilization and movement post the ‘Save the Internet Campaign’?

56:26 to 1:11:26

The power of online mobilization – ‘Kodaikanal won’t’ and ‘me too.’

1:11:26 to 1:23:00

How did you discover your art form?

1:23:00 to end

Tips for budding artists


Show Notes
Save the internet campaign
https://internetfreedom.in/campaigns-savetheinternet/

TRAI draft consultation
https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/Recommendations_NN_2017_11_28.pdf

Kodaikanal won’t campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSal-ms0vcI

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Amit Varma is a writer and podcaster based in Mumbai. He started his career in advertising, moved on to television, and has been a journalist since 2001. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Observer and almost every Indian publication. He is currently a columnist for the Times of India, Bloomberg Quint and Cricket Next.
He was managing editor of Cricinfo between 2003 and 2008, and a consulting editor at Yahoo after that. He relaunched the online magazine Pragati in 2017, as the chief editor, and made them podcasting pioneers by launching a series of podcasts for them.
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Timestamps

4:30 to 20:05
Amit Varma’s journey
20:05 to 24:15
Pre-liberalized era
24:15 to 27:55
Amit’s childhood
27:55 to 29:37
Is a liberal constitution imposed on an illiberal population?
29:37 to 35:20
Is Amit more vocal on Twitter these days?
35:20 to 40:15
Will it matter if BJP changes the constitution?
40:15 to 52:47
Why do so many young people support BJP/Hindutva?
52:47 to 1:00:05
Does Hindutva ring a bell that we cannot comprehend sometimes?
1:00:05 to 1:02:15
Did Amit’s view on Kejriwal change post-Abhinandan sekri’s episode?
1:02:15 to 1:04:45
What does Amit think about his network?
1:04:45 to 1:11:45
Amit’s thought on Secularism
1:11:45 to 1:15:12
How much should we blame our first past post the system
1:15:12 to 1:26:00
Where do you see things in 2024?
1:26:00 to 1:31:45
How Amit’s sees the relationship b/w RSS & BJP
1:31:45 to 1:39:20
Dalit representation in ‘Seen and the Unseen’
1:39:20 to 1:50:45
Amit's vision for ‘Seen and the Unseen’ and his planning of the show.
1:50:45 to 1:57:45
The business model of podcasts
1:57:45 to end
Audience questions

Notes
1.Amit Varma’s , The Art of clear writing
2.Episode 254: The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri
3.Episode 248: The Decline of the Congress
4.Episode 149: A Life in Indian Politics
5.Episode 112: Early Indians
6.Episode 45: The BJP’s Magic Formula
7.#47 The Reality of RSS with Bhanwar Meghwanshi
8.I could not be a Hindu
9.Steven Pinker – The Blank Slate
10.George Orwell, A Collection of Essays
11.Politics and the English language
12.Tony Joseph – Early Indians
13.India Moving. A history of migration – Chinmay Tumbe
14.Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages by Peggy Mohan
15.Roam research
16.Zencastr
17. Squascast

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Abhilasha Bharti is a Trauma-informed and Caste-sensitive Counseling Psychologist who holds an M.A in Applied Psychology with a Specialization in Counseling Psychology from TISS, Mumbai. She employs a Systemic and Contextual lens to look into the nuances of how Caste manifests and impacts the Mental health of the Marginalized.
4:00 to 11:30
Welcome Abhilasha and understand her background
11:30 to 14:30
India’s mental health
14:30 to 17:25
Can friends substitute a therapist?
17:25 to 21:25
What happens to the person if they brush their issues under the carpet?
21:25 to 26:15
Examples of emotional abuse
26:15 to 35:00
The normalization of physical abuse to child
35:00 to 40:50
Difference between anxiety, panic, and depression
40:50 to 43:15
Signs of depression
43:15 to 50:45
Our responsibility when someone is in depression
50:45 to 54:30
Parents struggle to accept the mental health problems of their children
54:30 to 57:00
Idea of confidentiality
57:00 to 1:06:30
What is Caste sensitive therapy
1:06:30 to 1:11:50
Some details on Abhilasha’s experience
1:11:50 to 1:16:30
Why is caste therapy important?
1:16:30 to 1:29:00
Inter-generational trauma
1:29:00 to 1:31:10
The cultural hegemony of the ruling class
1:31:10 to 1:47:30
Discussing case studies and caste micro-aggression
1:47:30 to 1:50:45
Mental health effects of micro-aggression
1:50:45 towards the end
Imposter syndrome
अभिलाषा भारती एक आघात-सूचित और जाति-संवेदनशील परामर्श मनोवैज्ञानिक हैं, जिन्होंने TISS, मुंबई से परामर्श मनोविज्ञान में विशेषज्ञता के साथ अनुप्रयुक्त मनोविज्ञान में M.A किया है। जाति कैसे प्रकट होती है और हाशिए पर पड़े लोगों के मानसिक स्वास्थ्य को कैसे प्रभावित करती है, इसकी बारीकियों को देखने के लिए वह एक प्रणालीगत और प्रासंगिक लेंस का इस्तेमाल करती हैं।
4:00 से 11:30
अभिलाषा का स्वागत करें और उनकी पृष्ठभूमि को समझें
11:30 से 14:30
भारत का मानसिक स्वास्थ्य
14:30 से 17:25
क्या मित्र चिकित्सक की जगह ले सकते हैं?
17:25 से 21:25
उस व्यक्ति के साथ क्या होता है यदि वे अपने मुद्दों को कालीन के नीचे दबाते हैं?
21:25 से 26:15
भावनात्मक शोषण के उदाहरण
26:15 से 35:00
बच्चे के लिए शारीरिक शोषण का सामान्यीकरण
35:00 से 40:50
चिंता, घबराहट और अवसाद के बीच अंतर
40:50 से 43:15
अवसाद के लक्षण
43:15 से 50:45
जब कोई डिप्रेशन में होता है तो हमारी जिम्मेदारी
50:45 से 54:30
माता-पिता अपने बच्चों की मानसिक स्वास्थ्य समस्याओं को स्वीकार करने के लिए संघर्ष करते हैं
54:30 से 57:00
गोपनीयता का विचार
57:00 से 1:06:30
जाति संवेदनशील चिकित्सा क्या है
1:06:30 से 1:11:50
अभिलाषा के अनुभव पर कुछ विवरण
1:11:50 से 1:16:30
जाति चिकित्सा क्यों महत्वपूर्ण है?
1:16:30 से 1:29:00
अंतर-पीढ़ी का आघात
1:29:00 से 1:31:10
शासक वर्ग का सांस्कृतिक आधिपत्य
1:31:10 से 1:47:30
केस स्टडीज और जाति सूक्ष्म आक्रमण पर चर्चा
1:47:30 से 1:50:45
सूक्ष्म आक्रामकता के मानसिक स्वास्थ्य प्रभाव
1:50:45 अंत की ओर
इम्पोस्टर सिंड्रोम


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Born in 1975, Bhanwar Meghwanshi is a socio-political activist who joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at the age of thirteen. Since leaving the RSS in 1991, he has been an activist and part of the Ambedkarite Dalit movement. Main ek swayamsevak tha (2019) is his first book, translated in English as I Could not be a Hindu (2020). In this episode, we take a deep dive into Bhanwar ji’s history of joining the RSS, the chain of events that lead to him leaving the RSS, and most importantly understanding how the RSS functions in detail.
4:30 to 10:22
Understanding the context of Bhanwar Ji’s book and the reaction of RSS
10:22 to 14:05
Did RSS people change once they read this book?
14:05 to 25:00
Understanding Sangh’s agenda
25:00 to 30:00:00
Why Bhanwar Ji joined RSS?
30:00 to 34:30
RSS’ organization structure
34:30 to 40:55
The role of a Pracharak
40:55 to 51:40
Relationship between RSS and women
51:40 to 59:00
Difference between RSS and BJP
59:00 to 1:05:33
Upper hand between Bhagwat and Modi
1:05:33 to 1:11:23
Funds of RSS
1:11:23 to 1:20:20
Hindutva vs Hinduism
1:20:20 to 1:27:40
Jati vyavastha in Hindu dharma
1:27:40 to 1:34:40
Creating a Hinduism without Caste
1:34:40 to 1:46:20
RSS & Ambedkar
1:46:20 to 1:59:00
Bhanwar Ji’s early life and first interaction with RSS
1:59:00 to 2:22:30
Bhanwar Ji’s family reaction to his affiliation with RSS and early experiences
2:22:30 to 2:26:42
Concept of discrimination in RSS
2:26:42 to 2:33:20
Bhanwar Ji’s father relationship with Congress
2:33:20 to 2:38:40
BAMCEF letter
2:38:40 to 2:54:17
Connecting the dots
2:54:17 to 3:00:30
Responding to RSS’ propaganda
3:00:30 to end
Gujarat 2002 and why the Right Wing is winning

1975 में जन्मे भंवर मेघवंशी एक सामाजिक-राजनीतिक कार्यकर्ता हैं, जो तेरह साल की उम्र में राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ में शामिल हो गए थे। 1991 में आरएसएस छोड़ने के बाद से, वह एक कार्यकर्ता और अम्बेडकरवादी दलित आंदोलन का हिस्सा रहे हैं। मैं एक स्वयंसेवक था (२०१९) उनकी पहली पुस्तक है, जिसका अंग्रेजी में अनुवाद किया गया है क्योंकि मैं हिंदू नहीं हो सकता (२०२०)। इस कड़ी में, हम भंवर जी के आरएसएस में शामिल होने के इतिहास, उन घटनाओं की श्रृंखला, जो उन्हें आरएसएस छोड़ने के लिए प्रेरित करती हैं, और सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात यह समझते हैं कि आरएसएस विस्तार से कैसे काम करता है।

4:00 से 10:30:30
भंवर जी की किताब के संदर्भ और आरएसएस की प्रतिक्रिया को समझना
10:226 से 18:05
क्या इस किताब को पढ़ने के बाद आरएसएस के लोग बदल गए?
18:05 से 29:00
संघ के एजेंडे को समझना
२९:०० से ३०४:००
भंवर जी आरएसएस से क्यों जुड़े?
34:00 से 38:30
आरएसएस का संगठन ढांचा
38:30 से 44:55
एक प्रचारक की भूमिका
44:55 से 55:40
आरएसएस और महिलाओं के बीच संबंध
55:40 से 63:00
आरएसएस और बीजेपी में अंतर
63:00 से 1:09:33
भागवत और मोदी के बीच ऊपरी हाथ
1:09:33...

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4:45 to 10:15
Welcoming Shehzad
10:15 to 12:45
Understanding education culture in Pakistan
12:45 to 18:01
Similarities between India and Pakistan
18:01 to 21:57
Experience with Indian abroad
21:57 to 26:30
Why the animosity is still prevalent between India and Pakistan since 1947?
26:30 to 34:20
The parallel between the far right of India and Pakistan
34:25 to 47:35
The political system of Pakistan
47:35 to 58:45
Stand up comedy scene in Pakistan
1:01:20 to 1:08:00
How does Pakistan see India post-2014?
1:08:00 to 1:16:55
Zia Ul Haq’s turn towards fundamentalism
1:16:55 to 1:23:50
Understanding Imran Khan’s politics
1:23:50 to 1:31:25
Comparing Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan
1:31:25 to 1:37:45
Pakistani society response to Taliban
1:37:45 to end
How serious is the Pakistani state in fighting terrorism?

4:30 से 10:15
शहजाद का स्वागत
10:15 से 12:45
पाकिस्तान में शिक्षा संस्कृति को समझना
12:45 से 18:01
भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच समानताएं
18:01 से 21:57
विदेशों में भारतीय के साथ अनुभव
21:57 से 26:30
1947 से भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच दुश्मनी अभी भी क्यों प्रचलित है?
26:30 से 34:20
भारत और पाकिस्तान के सुदूर दक्षिणपंथ के बीच समानता
34:25 से 47:35
पाकिस्तान की राजनीतिक व्यवस्था
47:35 से 58:45
पाकिस्तान में स्टैंड अप कॉमेडी सीन
1:01:20 से 1:08:00
2014 के बाद भारत को पाकिस्तान कैसे देखता है?
1:08:00 से 1:16:55
कट्टरवाद की ओर जिया उल हक की बारी
1:16:55 से 1:23:50
इमरान खान की राजनीति को समझना
1:23:50 से 1:31:25
नवाज़ शरीफ़ और इमरान ख़ान की तुलना
1:31:25 से 1:37:45
तालिबान को पाकिस्तानी समाज की प्रतिक्रिया
1:37:45 समाप्त करने के लिए
आतंकवाद से लड़ने में पाकिस्तानी सरकार कितनी गंभीर है?

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Rahee Punyashloka comes from Orissa, and he is an artist and filmmaker. He is also a Ph.D. student at JNU. This episode discusses various aspects of society, nation-building from the Dalit-Bahujan lens, the 19th-century history of India, and the philosophy of enlightenment.
04:30 to 19:30
Understanding Rahee’s journey
19:30 to 24:30
Experience with Elite film students
24:30 to 31:10
Difference between Bahujan and Savarna families
31:10 to 37:50
Relationship with faith in Bahujan families
37:50 to 43:45
Rahee’s vision around movie-making
43:45 to 49:35
Defining the success of Rahee’s movies
49:35 to 56:45
Rahee’s Ph.D. and research at JNU
56:45 to 1:06:05
The most popular misconception of the 19th Century
1:06:05 to 1:11:25
The instinct of Brahmanical society to homogenize society
1:11:25 to 1:13:55
The similarity between secular and cultural nationalism
1:13:55 to 1:18:15
Bahujan movement and Nation-building
1:18:15 to 1:24:12
The British understanding of caste and what happened?
1:24:12 to 1:29:00
The seed of Right-Wing Nationalism
1:29:00 to 1:31:00
Divergence of Gandhi’s Nationalism and R/W nationalism
1:31:00 to 1:48:00
Why didn’t enlightenment reach India?
1:48:00 to 1:53:15
Understanding Rahee’s art
1:53:15 to 1:58:15
Indian art movement
1:58:15 to end
Audience questions.

राही पुण्यश्लोक उड़ीसा से आते हैं और वह एक कलाकार और फिल्म निर्माता हैं। वह भी एक पीएच.डी. जेएनयू में छात्र। इस एपिसोड में समाज के विभिन्न पहलुओं, दलित-बहुजन लेंस से राष्ट्र-निर्माण, भारत के 19वीं सदी के इतिहास और ज्ञानोदय के दर्शन पर चर्चा की गई है।
04:30 से 19:30
राही की यात्रा को समझना
19:30 से 24:30
एलीट फिल्म छात्रों के साथ अनुभव
24:30 से 31:10
बहुजन और सवर्ण परिवारों में अंतर
31:10 से 37:50
बहुजन परिवारों में आस्था से रिश्ता
37:50 से 43:45
फिल्म निर्माण के इर्द-गिर्द रही राही की दृष्टि
43:45 से 49:35
राही की फिल्मों की सफलता को परिभाषित करना
49:35 से 56:45
राही के पीएच.डी. और जेएनयू में अनुसंधान
56:45 से 1:06:05
19वीं सदी की सबसे लोकप्रिय भ्रांति
1:06:05 से 1:11:25
समाज को समरूप बनाने की ब्राह्मणवादी समाज की प्रवृत्ति
1:11:25 से 1:13:55
धर्मनिरपेक्ष और सांस्कृतिक राष्ट्रवाद के बीच समानता
1:13:55 से 1:18:15
बहुजन आंदोलन और राष्ट्र निर्माण
1:18:15 से 1:24:12
अंग्रेजों को जाति की समझ और क्या हुआ?
1:24:12 से 1:29:00
दक्षिणपंथी राष्ट्रवाद का बीज
1:29:00 से 1:31:00
गांधी के राष्ट्रवाद और आर/डब्ल्यू राष्ट्रवाद का विचलन
1:31:00 से 1:48:00
ज्ञान भारत तक क्यों नहीं पहुँचा?
1:48:00 से 1:53:15
राही की कला को समझना
1:53:15 से 1:58:15
भारतीय कला आंदोलन
1:58:15 से अंत तक
दर्शकों के सवाल।
Show Notes:

Rahee’s Movie : Noise Reduction II: Chinatown

https://vimeo.com/75490662 Password: Chinatown

Book – 1857
https://www.amazon.in/1857-Real-Story-Great-Uprising/dp/9350290367/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=1857+vishnu+bhatt&qid=1631358986&sr=8-1
Immanuel Kant
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant/
Moses Mendelssohn
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mendelssohn/